CLA - the telegraphic stage Flashcards
Typically, what age aligns with the telegraphic stage?
Two - three years
What is the telegraphic stage?
This stage takes its name from telegrams (used to deliver urgent messages.) In this stage, children make limited utterances of two to three words which make sense.
What are the typical language components of the telegraphic stage?
Nouns and verbs
What aspects of language/ grammar are still missing in the telegraphic stage?
Auxiliary verbs (i.e. helper verbs such as ‘is’)
Determiners (Clarifies quantity or shows which particular example of noun you are referring to e.g. this/that.)
What is overextension?
When a child uses a word more broadly than it should be used e.g. ‘daddy’ to refer to all men, or ‘plate’ to refer to other items sharing those properties such as a wheel.
What is underextension?
When a word is used in a very narrow context e.g. ‘shoes’ to mean just the child’s shoes and no one else’s shoes.
What did the Berko and Brown - ‘fis’ phenomenon reveal about children’s comprehension?
That comprehension precedes production. For example in the Berko and Brown 1960 study a child called his toy fish fɪs. When asked: “Is this your fɪs?”, he said no. But when asked: “Is this your fɪʃ“, he said: “Yes, my fɪs.” This is evidence that children’s perceptual abilities are often in advance of their productive abilities.
What is a monologue and at what age would you see this in a child’s language?
It emerges from about the age of two. Children begin to provide a running commentary of what they are doing as they are doing it - this can extend into their imaginative play. As they grow older, their monologues become more like narratives (especially when accompanying imaginative play.)
